We are excited to announce this year’s Summit hosted by the Hogan Lovells Global Products Law team. Events will be held in London, Paris, Munich and Milan – each providing a unique offering of product liability, safety and compliance updates from members of our team and industry speakers.

Key topics each city will cover are the EU Commission’s current evaluation of the Product Liability Directive and new product litigation threats, including the latest ECJ decision on the burden of proof for claims brought under that Directive.

The Products Law Summit has proved very popular in the past. This year it covers more topics than ever with particular emphasis on developments that are likely to impact your business and ways to prepare to meet them.

Some of the other topics include:

London:

Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 16:30 pm - 19:00 pm BST

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the implications of Brexit for product companies

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recent attempts by foreign claimants to bring cases in the EU

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recent decisions on claims to privilege in the context of internal investigations

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recent US Supreme Court decision on forum shopping

Paris:

Thursday, 12 October 2017, 8:45 am - 11:45 am CEST

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the permeability of industry sectors

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risks and opportunities created by the convergence of technologies

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the use and protection of data in a digitalized economy

Munich:

Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 16:30 pm - 19:00 pm CEST

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bringing foreign claims to US jurisdictions

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the essentials of criminal product liability

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product liability in the life sciences and automotive industries

Milan:

Postponed until November.

If you're interested in coming or discussing any of the topics please contact Jenny Graner.